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SSTN # 10 - February 1, 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE SSTN e-NEWSLETTER:
The Prayer of Jesus
1) When to bring Bibles? 2) New Creation Cups 3) Teaching autistic children 4) KJV Materials
Multiple Age Curriculum
5) Valentine mini concert 6) Autistic children 7) Band-Aid Song? 8) Kids Under Construction 9) Multiage Class? 10) Fruit of the Spirit Lessons
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The Prayer of Jesus
Through the use of hands-on Bible lessons, crafts and games, children will learn to pray the prayer that Jesus taught his followers to pray. (K-5th grade). Learn more at:
God,s blessings upon you. I would like to ask your opinion on what is an appropriate age to ask kids to bring their bibles with them to sunday school, or maybe what is the rules at your sunday school.
many thanks Frances
--from SSTN: as soon as they can read. ;o)
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2) New Creation Cups
(serve as crayon holders, even little vases for the precious dandelions your children pick for you)
What you need: Clean yogurt cups Different colored birthday streamers. (Very economical and can be used again for other projects.) Small bathroom disposable cups School glue Small foam brushes Frosted glitter
Put some glue about 1\4 way up the cup. Add just enough water to make the glue thinner. Provide each child with a yogurt cup and a foam brush.
Cut the streamers of all different colors into 4" strips. Have the children tear the strips into various sizes. First paint the glue mixture on the cup one section at a time works best. Place the pieces of streamers on the glued area. Work your way around the cup. (Hint: the darker colors work best on the bottom layers because the lettering from the yogurt container shows through). Keep layering until the lettering is covered. Give the cups a final gluing. Shake on the glitter.......ALL OVER THE CUP! The kids love doing this craft.....who doesn't like glitter and glue?
Application: Use 2 Corinthians 5:17 " Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature old things have passed away behold all things are become new."
Explain that we started with a yogurt cup, and ended up with something that looked brand new. Therefore we called them "new creation cups". Just like when we ask Jesus into our hearts, he makes us new!
The children in our Outreach Ministry loved doing this craft and it really stuck with them.
Submitted by: Barb Wallace Lighthouse Christian Outreach Center Fall River, MA
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3) Teaching autistic children
In response to the teacher who now has two autistic boys in her classroom, as the mother of an autistic four-year-old son, I thought I could offer some advice. First, remove all other stimuli from the classroom which may be competing for their attention (like music, an open classroom door, an open window, etc.). Secondly, find out from the boys' parents whether or not they have any special talent. My son is gifted musically, so singing or playing music is the way to reach him. Third, find out from the parents if the boys can read. Many autistic children need to see directions written out on a white board or chalkboard in order to comprehend the lesson or the directions for a craft project. My son could read when he was two years old, and we write everything down for him. Fourth, if the children are not sensitive to touch, don't be afraid to gently re-position them so that they can focus. Call their name while you turn their head or move their hands to the craft, for example. Don’t expect that a story can be completely comprehended just by being read aloud. Show them the words as you read. Be repetitive. Don’t be too loud. Many autistic kids have sensory issues which makes being in a classroom excruciating for them. Give them tactile crafts, like play doh, felt, fabric, buttons – anything with texture. Praise, praise, praise a job even remotely well done. They can often comprehend more than you realize. Good luck. Lisa
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4) KJV Materials
Regarding the "CONFUSED" person responding to the person who wanted the western theme in KJV. Frankly my dear Bro. or Sister, since you did not give a name. They never asked for your opinion whether it was the "anointed version" They simply asked and stated that that was the only version they use. I believe an apology is in order. We are all here (I hope) to help each other and get Ideas so we can all help our students get a vision of Jesus and have and keep a relationship with him.So let us not be "CONFUSED" of who we are and what we are "TEACHERS" Lets respect one another no matter what version we use. Sister in Christ Cindy H. from Ohio
Your webservant, Sarah Keith <>< SundaySchoolNetwork.com
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5) Valentine mini concert
hi.im leading the youth here in our church and im planning to have a mini evangelism concert in February.But im thinking of using 'non christian' love songs but the lyrics can be sang for Jesus instead.like after every song there will be a little message and then another song again and little message and so on.so the key is ...you are inlove with Jesus.i would love to hear your suggestions or comments.
Donna
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6) Autistic children
Liz,
Hello. I just wanted to thank you for your comments. It brightened my day a little reading what you said about Autistic kids. You have such a good outlook and a positive one too, that I don't hear much from people unless they are the parent of the Autistic child. You seem to really "get it", and I love that! They are such a blessing!!! I have an 11 year old autistic son, a 14 year old autistic nephew, and a 15 year old autistic nephew on my husband's side of the family. My autistic son has taught me more than I could have ever learned otherwise!!! It sounds like the child you are nanny to, is teaching you too! Thanks for your wonderful comments!
To all of you out there that are working with, or are going to work with an autistic child&nbs p;in the future through your ministries, it is very much worth getting to know these kids, even though it might take quite a bit of extra effort on your part.
Sincerely, Alicia from Indiana
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7) Band-Aid Song?
Hi, I have just found your website while I was looking for lyrics (for the verses) to "The Band-Aid Song" (There'll be no Band-aids in heaven). How could I find the words to these verses?
Thanks! Van
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8) Kids Under Construction
This year our theme for the Sunday school is "Lives under Construction" We have a picture of a church under construction that will be growing up as kids bring new kids to the sunday school. Each new kid will be a brick, or a chair, or a window.
Also, on the first sunday of the month we are going to talk about Neemiah, among others. We will be focused in the importance of being live stones in the construction of the church, as well as having our lives under the authority of the main Constructor, Christ. Hope this help you. Sorry about my English.
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9) Multiage Class?
Hi, I need some advice. I teach older children (ages 7-12) one Tuesday night each month. We call it Kids Zone arts and crafts. I have no problem with the younger ones but the older ones have no interest. I believe in object lessons, games and activities to reinforce my lesson. Each teacher has to come up with their own lesson. Maybe one of your subscribers can give me assistance in reaching the older group. They get loud and hiper in playing games, they aren't interested in crafts. We are in a small church in the process of building a larger facility and I have to share my area with other groups so we have to respect each other. Thank you. You can reach me at kstieber@kooltronic.com
--from SSTN: please email SSTN, so all may benefit. Also, you can find lots of info in our archives on this subject. Search "multiage" and "multiple ages" at: http://SundaySchoolNetwork.com/archives.html
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10) Fruit of the Spirit Lessons
I have a set of lessons I used a couple summers ago. I made up the lessons and saved them to disk. I would be happy to look for them and email them to you when I find them. Just email me at nazkidsinaction@yahoo.com and put "Fruit of the Spirit Lessons" in the subject line.
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